The death toll from the coronavirus, which gained strength in China at a vulnerable time — the Chinese New Year, a major travel season in the country, has reached more than 300 so far.
With the first person-to-person transmission of the new coronavirus reported in the US, the World Health Organization on Thursday declared the virus outbreak a global health emergency.
Seventeen years after the SARS outbreak of 2002-2003, the first global pandemic of the 21st century, another novel zoonotic coronavirus has been reported from Wuhan, China.
With the implementation of the National Drug Control Policy in February, 2018, aimed at addressing all aspects of the drug problem and focusing on the unique needs of the country, Myanmar has made a significant shift towards an evidence-based and more people- and health-centric approach.
